Do you think you could change your professional and personal life in as many seconds as it takes to dry off after a shower? Executive Toughness author Jason Selk thinks you can. Here's a sneak peek at his 100-second Mental Workout from his new book Executive Toughness. 1 min 40 seconds a day / 15 minutes a week - greater success at work and in life.
Try it out. If it works for you, the entire step-by-step plan for building mental toughness to succeed in your career can be found in Executive Toughness: http://www.enhancedperformanceinc.com/

When is the right time to take the USMLE Step 3? Find out from bestselling author & lecturer Conrad Fischer, MD and let him help you get prepped! His CCS books provide a comprehensive review of topics you'll be sure to see on the exam. Check them out and save 20% here! http://bit.ly/1RHX2Yq

Companies love "best practices," but instead of transforming the whole, they adopt a single practice and claim it's an overhaul. it's not enough to do one thing right. A best practice doesn't work - you need a "best system."
In the context of holistic organizational change, HR may be the best place to start. Whatever your organization needs to be good at and known for, that becomes the outcome of your HR transformation.
How do you change an HR department, and why? Who does it? BusinessWeek's #1 Management educator and expert Dave Ulrich walks through the key ingredients of successfully reorganizing your HR function so that it aligns with the greater goals of your company and brand.
Learn more..http://www.hrtransformationbook.com/
HR Transformation Book: http://www.amazon.com/HR-Transformation-Building-Resources-Outside/dp/0071638709/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1339607204&sr=1-1
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A former Morgan Stanley analyst, explains in his new book Best Practices for Equity Research Analysts, everything today's competitive analyst needs to know, providing practical training materials for buy and sell-side research analysis in the United States and globally.
This book covers the five primary areas of the equity research analyst's role: Identifying and monitoring critical factors, Creating and updating financial forecasts, Deriving price targets or a range of targets, Making stock recommendations and Communicating stock ideas.
Best Practices for Equity Research Analysts Book: http://www.amazon.com/Best-Practices-Equity-Research-Analysts/dp/0071736387/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1339603455&sr=1-1-fkmr0
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Dr. Anthony Fauci explains how emerging and re-emerging diseases differ.
Visit www.HarrisonsIM.com to watch more videos from Dr. Fauci and the authors of the 18th edition of Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine.

New markets can power business growth, but to win them you need the right toolkit. Drawing on dozens of industry interviews, in-the-trenches personal experience, and extensive research, this book Capturing New Markets by Stephen Wunker lays out how companies can find, enter, and win in new markets--and organize themselves to tackle the mission successfully. To learn more about Stephen go here http://www.newmarketsadvisors.com/new-markets-consultant/stephenwunker/ .
Capturing New Markets Book: http://www.amazon.com/Capturing-New-Markets-Companies-Opportunities/dp/0071767444
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The USMLE Step 3 is changing and here is why it is IMPORTANT to Program Directors.
The new exam is going to be more difficult. Luckily, McGraw-Hill Education has the resources you need. Correlations and Clinical Scenarios. (CCS) written with Dr. Niket Sonpal MD, Dr. Elizabeth August walk you through all the Basic Science Correlates you need and how to ace BOTH the MCQ and the CCS part of Step 3.

Bestselling authors Katherine Crowley and Kathi Elster describe how you can deal with colleague excludes you, how you can compose a strategy, and prevent these situations going forward.
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How prepared are you for the new USMLE Step 3? Are you worried about answering questions on basic science concepts? Uncertain about managing the clock in CCS cases? Unprepared to answer questions on general internal medicine topics? Let Conrad Fischer be your guide.

Education reform remains a hot-button issue – and ripe for new thinkers who can reevaluate the status quo. America’s K-12 education system needs economic, technological, and organizational overhauls to give students the best possible education. Yet it remains mired in old ways of thinking and operating.
Here’s a blueprint for bringing “disruptive innovation” – simple, revolutionary, and fresh concepts – to fundamentally change the way people learn. His critically acclaimed book Disrupting Class offers takeaways on fostering and managing change in a complex system slow to change. Using real-life examples, here is the key to transform education in America so every one of the nation’s more than 50 million students receives a high-quality education, and allow America to better compete in a global marketplace.
Clayton Christensen is a world-renowned thought leader and one of the Thinkers 50 top business thinkers. Tech & Learning Magazine named him to its list of the 100 most important people in the creation and advancement of the use of technology in education. He holds an AB from Yale and an MBA from Harvard. Co-author Curtis Johnson once a teacher and later a college president is a writer and consultant. He was head of the public policy research organization that launched the idea of chartered schools and chief of staff to former governor Arne Carlson of Minnesota.
Disrupting Class, Expanded Edition Book: http://www.amazon.com/Disrupting-Class-Expanded-Edition-Disruptive/dp/0071749101/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1339605287&sr=1-2
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A tear-free approach to child separation blues-from the bestselling 'No Cry' author a generation of parents have come to trust.
Almost every child suffers some sort of anxiety during their first six years of life. Babies cry when grandparents hold them, toddlers cling to mommy's leg, children weep when their parent leaves them at daycare, at school, or to go to work. This can cause frustration and stress in an already too-busy day and can break a parent's heart. Trusted parenting author Elizabeth Pantley brings you another winning no-cry formula that helps you solve these common separation issues. Pantley helps you identify the source of anxiety and offers simple but proven solutions. In this exciting addition to the series, she ingeniously includes a free "magic" bracelet inside the book as a special tool for children to feel close to their parents-even when they're not together. This successful method gives anxious children something to remind them their parents aren't too far away-instantly providing them with the comfort and reassurance they need.

The Essential Wooden--more leadership lessons from the Wooden playbook
The Essential Wooden is the ultimate collection of Wooden's opinions and observations on achieving exceptional leadership in any organization, with 200 invaluable lessons for inspiring championship performance.
Coach Wooden offers his hard-won wisdom on building an organization that performs at its full potential under pressure, from preparing and training the team to instilling personal drive and dedication. He takes his famous Pyramid of Success to the next level, filling the entire book with his straight-shooting personality and keen insight on human nature.
Wooden shares rarely seen preseason letters to his players, revealing how he instilled productive attitudes and winning ways. He also includes previously unpublished analyses from former players and managers, including Bill Walton and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.
From Wooden's earliest days as a leader through his legendary UCLA dynasty, The Essential Wooden distills a lifetime of learning into the leadership playbook for the twenty-first century.
The Essential Wooden Book: http://www.amazon.com/The-Essential-Wooden-Lifetime-Leadership/dp/0071484353/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1339683374&sr=1-1
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Author Denise Shull explains how to seize the advantage in every risk decision with the most misunderstood asset you have—human emotion
What if the mystery of market crashes stems from a simple but total misunderstanding of our own minds? Could everything we think we know about ourselves—intelligence and rationality versus emotion and irrationality—be wildly off the mark? Simply put: yes.
With these words, Denise Shull introduces her radical—and supremely rational— approach to risk. Her vision stems from the indisputable fact that human beings can't make any decision at all without emotion and that emotion gets the first—and last—word when it comes to our perceptions and judgments.

Meet new people and converse with confidence
Be credible and charismatic in every social and business situation
Make friends and important contacts wherever you go
Command the respect of everyone you meet
You know who they are. They're the people who, regardless of money, education, looks, or personality, make an impression wherever they go. They are master communicators, and everyone enjoys talking to them. How to Develop Great People Skills shows you how to be one of those lucky few.
Communication guru Leil Lowndes arms you with ninety-six all-new, cutting edge, research-based communications techniques for success in life, love, and business. You will smash the invisible glass ceiling that keeps many people down both personally and professionally. Your new weapon is a neurologically and psychologically sound concept called "Emotional Prediction," or E.P. Leil Lowndes explains the power of EP and shows you how to harness it through deceptively simple methods to reach greater success in all of your relationships.
Table of contents
Section I: Make a Great Impression Before They Even Meet You
Section II: Take the "Hell" Out of Hello and Make Your Goodbye Good
Section III: Develop An Extraordinary Gift of Gab
Section IV: Be a Cool Communicator and Win Everyone's Affection & Admiration (Including Your Own)
Section V: Avoid the 15 Most Common Things You Should Never Say or Do
Biographical note
Leil Lowndes is one of today's most sought-after communication speakers and consultants through her company Applause, Inc. and is author of the international bestsellers How to Make Anyone Fall in Love with You and How to Talk to Anyone.
How to Instantly Connect with Anyone Book: http://www.amazon.com/How-Instantly-Connect-Anyone-Relationships/dp/0071545859/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1339604146&sr=1-1
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In his book Grown Up Digital, Don Tapscott argues that Mark Bauerlein author of The Dumbest Generation and other short-sighted cynics have failed to see the distinctive and profound gifts the current generation of tech-savvy 12 to 30-year olds has to offer the world. Thanks to the ubiquity of technology in their lives, the Net Generation is poised to transform the form and functions of school, work, and democracyand for the better. With its comprehensive examination of the Net Generation, and based on a 4.5 million dollar study, Grown Up Digital offers valuable insight and concrete takeaways for leaders across all social institutions who are finding it necessary and advantageous adapt to this changing social fabric.
In this clip, Tapscott discusses the unique characteristics that will enable the Net Generation to change even save the world!
Don Tapscott, also author of Wikinomics, is one of the worlds leading authorities on business strategy, with emphasis on how information technology changes business, government and society.
For more information about Don and his advocacy of the Net Generation, visit www.grownupdigital.com.
Grown Up Digital Book: http://www.amazon.com/Grown-Up-Digital-Generation-Changing/dp/0071508635/ref=...
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He was foremost a teacher, but to the millions of people who followed his plain spoken wisdom on character, leadership, and success, Coach Wooden was an icon.
John Wooden led his UCLA Bruins to ten NCAA men's basketball championships over a twelve-year period, including four perfect seasons and an 88-game winning streak. He was named ESPN's "Greatest Coach of the 20th Century," and in 2003 he was awarded The Presidential Medal of Freedom by President George W. Bush.
Yet throughout his life—from the farm in the Midwest to the Basketball Hall of Fame—John Wooden said of himself, "I am just a common man true to his beliefs." Those beliefs stemmed from the Seven Point Creed passed down to him from his father. It not only became the foundation for a legendary sports dynasty, it also gave rise to his winning philosophy on what he called the Pyramid of Success.
These building blocks of success fueled seven bestselling books published with McGraw-Hill: Wooden (1997), They Call Me Coach (2004), My Personal Best (2004), Wooden on Leadership (2005), The Essential Wooden (2007), and Coach Wooden's Leadership Game Plan for Success (2009).
Coach Wooden said, "Make every day a masterpiece." And indeed Coach Wooden made his life a masterpiece. Coach's final book, The Wisdom of Wooden: A Century of Family, Faith, and Friends, is a commemorative of his life written with longtime collaborator Steve Jamison. Filled with fond personal memories, warm advice, and never-before-seen-photographs, it is an unforgettable tribute to the man we all called, "Coach."
Wooden: http://www.amazon.com/Wooden-Lifetime-Observations-Reflections-Court/dp/0809230410/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1339683136&sr=1-2
They Call Me Coach: http://www.amazon.com/They-Call-Coach-John-Wooden/dp/0071424911/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1339683338&sr=1-1
My Personal Best: http://www.amazon.com/My-Personal-Best-Lessons-All-American/dp/0071437924/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1339683353&sr=1-1
Wooden on Leadership: http://www.amazon.com/Wooden-Leadership-Create-Winning-Organization/dp/0071453393/ref=sr_1_4?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1339683136&sr=1-4
The Essential Wooden: http://www.amazon.com/The-Essential-Wooden-Lifetime-Leadership/dp/0071484353/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1339683374&sr=1-1
Coach Wooden's Leadership Game Plan for Success: http://www.amazon.com/Coach-Woodens-Leadership-Game-Success/dp/007162614X/ref=sr_1_7?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1339683136&sr=1-7
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Co-author and maker enthusiast Simon Monk describes the new features in the latest edition of "Practical Electronics for Inventors." Now available in print and ebook: http://www.mhprofessional.com/details.php?isbn=1259587541

In his book Grown Up Digital, Don Tapscott argues that Mark Bauerlein author of The Dumbest Generation and other short-sighted cynics have failed to see the distinctive and profound gifts the current generation of tech-savvy 12 to 30-year olds has to offer the world. Thanks to the ubiquity of technology in their lives, the Net Generation is poised to transform the form and functions of school, work, and democracyand for the better.
With its comprehensive examination of the Net Generation, and based on a 4.5 million dollar study, Grown Up Digital offers valuable insight and concrete takeaways for leaders across all social institutions who are finding it necessary and advantageous adapt to this changing social fabric.
In this clip, Tapscott explains why the current educational system has failed to engage the Net Generation and prepare them for the new digital economy.
Don Tapscott, also author of Wikinomics, is one of the worlds leading authorities on business strategy, with emphasis on how information technology changes business, government and society.
For more information about Don and his advocacy of the Net Generation, visit www.grownupdigital.com.
Grown Up Digital Book: http://www.amazon.com/Grown-Up-Digital-Generation-Changing/dp/0071508635/ref=...
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Expert icebreaker and communications guru Leil Lowndes gets to the roots of your shy factor in this enhanced e-book featuring video clips of the author illustrating 11 of the most successful tricks, including five bonus tricks not included in the original book. Lowndes helps you over hurdles and into meaningful personal and professional conversations using nearly 100 techniques. Here are the little secrets that can unlock the key to success in any potential networking activity, from business and dating to meet-ups and VIP functions.
To download the Enhanced E-Book containing 13 exclusive videos, visit: http://amzn.to/gbq6mt
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Make It Effortlessly Swift - deliver a customer experience with ease. One way Zappos turns customers into raving fans.
The Zappos Experience by Joseph Michelli takes you through—and beyond—the playful, offbeat company culture Zappos has become famous for.

This video illustrates how to determine the correct size mechanical components for a non-positive v-belt drive system. This is accomplished by illustrating the correct selection process for service factors based on supplied design criteria. This video also models the required calculations used to size the sheaves, belt type and size, and the required design horsepower of the system.

To celebrate the 20th Anniversary edition of First Aid for the USMLE Step 1, McGraw-Hill is raffling $150 worth of medical books. Visit http://www.MedStudentRx.com to enter. Watch now as Dr. Tao Le and medical students discuss how First Aid helped them pass the USMLE Step 1
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In these tough times, there are few people who are completely happy with the current conditions. From business executives to the everyday Joe or Jane, everyone seems to be going through a rough economic and personal crunch. But acclaimed business school Professor Srikumar Rao says that we can learn to create joy no matter what else may be going on around us.
Happiness at Work Book: http://www.amazon.com/Happiness-Work-Resilient-Motivated-Successful/dp/007166...
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In these tough times, there are few people who are completely happy with the current conditions. From business executives to the everyday Joe or Jane, everyone seems to be going through a rough economic and personal crunch. But acclaimed business school Professor Srikumar Rao says that we can learn to create joy no matter what else may be going on around us.
Happiness at Work Book: http://www.amazon.com/Happiness-Work-Resilient-Motivated-Successful/dp/007166...
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A clinical procedural tutorial of a lumbar puncture from Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, 19th Edition.
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www.neverflysolo.com
Like the world of aerial combat, today's high stakes business world operates faster than the speed of sound. Teamwork and trust are critical to overcome the missiles of adversity, fear and change.
In Never Fly Solo, former combat decorated fighter pilot Lt. Col. Rob "Waldo" Waldman shares business critical concepts for success and delivers a very human message: we all have missiles in life to overcome and we can't do it alone.
Never Fly Solo is a flight plan for success told through compelling real world stories that bucks the typical Hollywood fighter pilot image. This book will help you earn your wings as a high performance leader and form powerful relationships that will break through the ceilings keeping you or your company from soaring to new heights.
Never Fly Solo Book: http://www.amazon.com/Never-Fly-Solo-Trusting-Partnerships/dp/0071637060/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1339609138&sr=1-1
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In this short clip, Dr. Stephen Hauser, one of the world's leading authorities on Multiple Sclerosis, discusses new findings that link vitamin D deficiency to the development of MS. This raises significant implications for the prevention and management of the disease, as discussed in other interview segments with Dr Hauser.

Imagine you're one of the world's most powerful luxury brands - but unable to provide a consistent world-class customer experience. That's the position Mercedes-Benz was in, in 2011 - and they set about creating and executing program which resulted in the company becoming a leader in customer experience.
This is the story of how brands can create a customer-focused experience that is "Best in Class." Great brands understand how to engage their customers. "Driven to Delight" looks at how the global brand created an unparalleled customer experience, catapulting them to first place in national customer satisfaction studies.
Joseph Michelli is a New York Times bestselling author. In his previous bestsellers--The Starbucks Experience, The New Gold Standard, and Prescription for Excellence-- Michelli revealed customer experience practices and strategies of beloved businesses.
Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Driven-Delight-Delivering-World-Class-Mercedes-Benz/dp/007180630X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1464367444&sr=1-1&keywords=driven+to+delight
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Have you ever thought about breaking out of the gym and starting your own personal training business?
Unique Anderson did, and she's now running a successful personal training solo-operation, Vertis Performance (www.vertisperformancetraining.com). Here she talks to us from the Velocity Sports Performance Gym in Manhattan (www.velocitysp.com/nyc) about why she got started, what the biggest challenges of starting her own business have been, and why she loves running her own personal training company.
If you want to make your personal training business dream a reality, take a page from Unique's book, and check out Entrepreneur Press's Start Your Own Personal Training Business 2/E by in print or eBook: http://amzn.to/yCH3UL

Dr. Martin Samuels demonstrates how to check a patient's mental status when doing a neurological exam. The full video can be viewed on www.AccessMedicine.com or on the dvd that comes with the new edition of Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine. To learn more visit www.HarrisonsIM.com

Employees who play together stay and and also work hard together.
The Zappos Experience by Joseph Michelli takes you through—and beyond—the playful, offbeat company culture Zappos has become famous for.

Jon Miller, CEO of the Kaizen Institute Consulting Group, speaks with Masaaki Imai about the second edition of the landmark work on Gemba Kaizen, Gemba Kaizen: A Commonsense Approach to a Continuous Improvement Strategy, Second Edition.

Dr. Anthony Fauci explains how advances in treatment research have dramatically increased the life expectancy for those infected with HIV.
Visit www.HarrisonsIM.com to watch more videos from Dr. Fauci and the authors of the 18th edition of Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine.

Dr. Martin Samuels demonstrates a physical examination when doing a neurological exam. The full video can be viewed on www.AccessMedicine.com or on the dvd that comes with the new edition of Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine. To learn more visit www.HarrisonsIM.com

The Steve Jobs life story is legendary. The man synonymous with "innovation" was able to transform telecom, music, computing, and entertainment with a key set of guiding principles.
Here are seven key essentials that Jobs followed throughout his life and career, and drove him and the Apple brand and its products to unparalleled success. Once you recognize these principles, you'll see that they are the main drivers behind every aspect of the Apple brand.
Author and Forbes contributor Carmine Gallo is an expert on Steve Jobs, Apple, and innovative thinking.
Innovation Secrets of Steve Jobs Book: http://www.amazon.com/The-Innovation-Secrets-Steve-Jobs/dp/007174875X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1339605467&sr=1-1
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THE book for sales managers. Cracking the Sales Management Code authors Jason Jordan and Michelle Vazzana present their practical framework that helps sales professionals zero in on the metrics that really matter—enabling them to align sales force tactics with organizational strategy for dramatic increases in efficiency and effectiveness. For more information: www.crackingthesalesmanagementcode.com

A uniquely user-friendly introduction to sailing and a vital manual for a lifetime of enjoyment and adventure on the water
Robby Robinson's experience-based approach makes sailing more transparent and accessible than ever and sets a new standard for learn-to-sail books. The International Marine Book of Sailing's how-to text focuses on the actions sailors need to take to sail on their first afternoon (Chapter 1), and then goes on to cover everything from sail trim and seamanship to advanced racing and voyaging, introducing each new skill and technique as it becomes relevant to your progress. This progressive approach yields a book that you will value and use, whether you're a beginner or advanced sailor.
Table of contents
1. First Sail
2. Controlling Your Boat
3. Sailing Seamanship
4. Sailing Farther, Sailing Better
5. Reading the Wind and Waves
6. Becoming Weatherwise
7. Navigating
8. Racing
9. Advanced Racing
10. Cruising
11. Voyaging
12. Taking Care
Biographical note
Robby Robinson is a former SAIL magazine editor, America's Cup challenger, sailing instructor and English teacher. He is coauthor of two books, Night and Fog and Sailors' Secrets.

Even in the worst business environment in memory, some companies have gained market share, grown revenues and profits, and created more value for customers. Indeed, some have managed consistent market share, profit, and customer value growth through the boom-and-bust business cycles of the last twenty years. These are not flash-in-the-pan companies. They are the likes of Johnson & Johnson, Procter & Gamble, Fidelity, Cisco, Walmart, Amazon, Apple, IKEA, Philips, Texas Instruments, Becton Dickinson, and Tesco.
We've spent years looking at these companies (and many less successful ones) searching for patterns and commonalities that explain their stellar results, and we've concluded that they offer these important lessons:
* These companies approach strategy from the outside in. They begin with the market, not their own capabilities. While that may sound easy, it is incredibly difficult. In the vast majority of companies inside-out thinking dominates practice and inevitably leads to eroding customer value and company profits.
* These companies invest in generating and deploying unique market insights to inform and guide their outside-in view. They don't guess or fly blind.
* These companies focus every part of the organization on achieving, sustaining and profiting from customer value.
These actions are the major focus of our book because we find it's what really distinguishes market leaders from other companies that are just muddling through over the long-run. Market leaders stay focused on creating and profiting from customer value by excelling at four principles we call the customer value imperatives.
In Strategy from the Outside In, we explain that the key to lasting and highly profitable success is the ability to compete on and profit from customer value using the customer value imperatives. We show this means seeing, operating and living from the outside in. It means always building strategy on market insight, and ensuring that every part of the company puts customer value first.
We will take you from theory to practice, with an emphasis on real world stories, practical models, and usable metrics so that you can profit from customer value. From the outside in.
Strategy from the Outside In Book: http://www.amazon.com/Strategy-Outside-In-Profiting-Customer/dp/0071742298/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1339607624&sr=1-1
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Psychometric charts are plots of humidity, temperature, enthalpy and other useful parameters of a gas-vapor mixture. They are helpful for rapid estimates of conditions and for visualization of process operations such as humidification and drying. This video illustrates the determination of moist air properties from a psychometric chart. It is based on Example 12-1 in Perry's Chemical Engineers' Handbook, Eight Edition.